One other side note, a company known as Fifth Avenue Building gave $20,000. The company behind that name: Melvin Mark. That’s noteworthy because Scott Andrews, Melvin Mark Properties’ president, is also chairman of the Portland Development Commission, the city's urban renewal agency.

As far as I can tell, there’s no big name real estate, banking or construction industry group that is putting its money into the “yes” campaign, Vote Yes for Oregon. But take a look for yourself. Here’s a list of all the contributors through Tuesday. Ballots are due Jan. 26.

I told someone recently that I wasn't going to get involved in this measure because I'd done enough politics over the years. But I couldn't resist looking at where the money was flowing.